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Virginia Regulator Says Data Centers Get A Hidden Rate Break

SCC staff attorney Andrew Major branded Dominion's Rider T-1 allocation a 'glaring cross-class subsidization' in filings before this week's hearing.

  • Dominion Energy's Rider T-1 sets the rate data centers pay for grid infrastructure costs in Virginia.
  • Major's filing argues the current allocation shifts costs onto residential and other ratepayers who cannot opt out.
  • The SCC holds hearings this week and must rule on the docket by August 1.

Why it matters: A monopoly utility does not err by accident: it charges most the customers who cannot leave the grid.

ZeroHedge (citing Virginia SCC Rider T-1 docket, quote from SCC staff attorney Andrew Major) ↗ · Jul 17, 20267/17/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check